#B49A49#B49A49

#B49A49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.105 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B49A49
RGB	rgb(180, 154, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.4%, 59.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.40, -0.24, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.40, 45.29, 90.30°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.0031 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.105 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5820, 33.2972, 11.0655)
Luminance	0.3330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B49A49 #4963B4

analogous

#B46549 #B49A49 #98B449

triadic

#B49A49 #49B49A #9A49B4

tetradic

#B49A49 #49B465 #4963B4 #B44998

square

#B49A49 #49B465 #4963B4 #B44998

split-complementary

#B49A49 #4998B4 #6549B4

monochromatic

#5D4F26 #887537 #B49A49 #C7B274 #D8CA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#B49A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#B49A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B49A49

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B49A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B49A49	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C18F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b49a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(180, 154, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.105 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cdb77e',
    500: '#b49a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b49a49;
$custom-light: #cdb77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b49a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 180,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.421,
    "s": 42.292,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6931,
    "c": 0.10523,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B49A49

secondary

#94A0C5

accent

#74D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6EE

border

#D2D0C9

text

#14110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #B49A49

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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